Sen. Ron Johnson: Americans have good reason to be dissatisfied

11:58 AM,
Feb. 7, 2014

Ron Johnson

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Ron Johnson

It's been a little over three years since I left my manufacturing business and came to our nation's capital to serve as a citizen legislator. I ran for office in 2010 because I love America and I was highly concerned about the unsustainable fiscal and cultural path it was on. America is still on that path, and I am still concerned.

A recent Gallup poll showed 65 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the nation's system of government and how well it works. They have every reason to be dissatisfied.

I am asking Americans to believe what their eyes and ears are telling them. The federal government ...